Louis-Ernest Prince
Louis-Ernest Prince (born November 15, 1857 in Neuchâtel ; † August 3, 1936 there , entitled to reside in Neuchâtel and Saint-Blaise ) was a Swiss architect .
Life
Prince studied from 1876 to 1886 at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris . He traveled to Spain , Gibraltar and Morocco and worked as an architect in Brussels and Paris. In Paris he designed the project for the courthouse in Bucharest . He also took part in excavations in Athens near the Acropolis and traveled to the Orient and England . In 1886, together with Jean Béguin , he founded an architectural office in Neuchâtel and in 1913 won first prize with his design for the new federal court building . In the course of the follow-up studies, they teamed up with Alphonse Laverrière and, after the definitive plans were approved in 1921, managed the completion until 1927.
Louis-Ernest Prince was a co-founder of the Association of Swiss Architects and presided over it for several years; He was also from 1917 to 1923 President of the Neuchâtel section.
Web links
- Dagmar Böcker: Prince, Louis-Ernest. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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| SURNAME | Prince, Louis-Ernest |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuchâtel |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 1936 |
| Place of death | Neuchâtel |